Robert E. Vardeman

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Robert Edward Vardeman (born January 6, 1947 in Palo Pinto , Texas ) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. In addition to SF&F, he also wrote some western and detective novels .

Life

Vardeman studied physics and earned a master's degree in engineering . He then worked for four years in solid state physics at Sandia National Laboratories .

His debut Pleasure Planet , an erotic science fiction novel, appeared within 10 years with 6 different titles under 6 pseudonyms, including those as humorous as Marv Elous . As a result, he wrote numerous novel cycles and individual novels, best known the fantasy series War of Powers , which he wrote together with Victor Milán , and the six-volume cycle Cenotaph Road . He also wrote two tie-ins for the original series of Raumschiff Enterprise , which were also translated into German. He also wrote novel versions of the video games God of War and God of War II , which also appeared in German translation.

John Clute described Vardeman as an author "whose ruthless productivity [...] has yet to produce narratives that are more than craftsmanship."

bibliography

Series

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Killmaster (as Nick Carter)
  • Eighth Card Stud (1980)
  • Solar Menace (1981)
  • Earthshaker (1982)
  • Norwegian Typhoon (1982)
  • Doctor DNA (1982)
  • The Outback Ghosts (1983)
  • Kali Death Cult (1983)
  • Yukon Target (1983)
War of Powers (with Victor Milán)
  • 1 The Sundered Realm (1980)
  • 2 The City in the Glacier (1980)
  • 3 The Destiny Stone (1980)
  • 4 The Fallen Ones (1982)
  • 5 In the Shadow of Omizantrim (1982)
  • 6 Demon of the Dark Ones (1982)
  • The War of Powers (1984, collective edition of 1–3)
  • The War of Powers: Volume 2 (1985, collective edition of 4–6)
Star Trek: The Original Series
  • The Klingon Gambit (1981)
    • English: The Klingon Gambit. Heyne-Science-Fiction & Fantasy # 4035, 1993, ISBN 3-453-30976-6 .
  • Mutiny on the Enterprise (1983)
    • English: Mutiny on the Enterprise. Heyne-Science-Fiction & Fantasy # 4285, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31295-3 .
Cenotaph Road
  • 1 Cenotaph Road (1983)
  • 2 The Sorcerer's Skull (1983)
  • 3 World of Mazes (1983)
  • 4 Iron Tongue (1984)
  • 5 Fire and Fog (1984)
  • 6 Pillar of Night (1984)
Tom Swift (as Victor Appleton)
  • Gateway to Doom (Tom Swift II # 9, 1983)
  • The Microbots (Tom Swift III # 8, 1992)
  • Mutant Beach (Tom Swift III # 9, 1992)
Jade Demons
  • 1 The Quaking Lands (1985)
  • 2 The Frozen Waves (1985)
  • 3 The Crystal Clouds (1985)
  • 4 The White Fire (1986)
  • The Jade Demons Quartet (1987, collective edition of 1–4)
Swords of Raemllyn (with Geo. W. Proctor)
  • 1 To Demons Bound (1985)
  • 2 A Yoke of Magic (1985)
  • 3 Blood Fountain (1985)
  • 4 Death's Acolyte (1986)
  • 5 The Beasts of the Mist (1986)
  • 6 For Crown and Kingdom (1987)
  • 7 Blade of the Conqueror (1995)
  • 8 The Tombs of A'bre (1995)
  • 9 The Jewels of Life (1995)
  • Swords of Raemllyn: Book 1 (1992, collective edition of 1–3)
  • Swords of Raemllyn: Book 2 (1992, collective edition)
  • Swords of Raemllyn: Book 3 (1995, collective edition)
Keys to Paradise
  • 1 The Flame Key (1986, also as Daniel Moran)
  • 2 The Skeleton Lord's Key (1986)
  • 3 Key of Ice and Steel (1986)
  • The Keys to Paradise (1986, collective edition of 1–3)
Weapons of Chaos
  • 1 Echoes of Chaos (1986)
  • 2 Equations of Chaos (1987)
  • 3 Colors of Chaos (1988)
  • Weapons of Chaos (1989, collective issue of 1–3)
Masters of Space
  • 1 The Stellar Death Plan (1987)
  • 2 The Alien Web (1987)
  • 3 A Plague in Paradise (1987)
  • Masters of Space (1990, collective edition from 1–3)
After the Spell Wars (also as FJ Hale)
  • 1 Ogre Castle (1988)
  • 2 In the Sea Nymph's Lair (1989)
Biowarriors
  • 1 The Infinity Plague (1989)
  • 2 Crisis at Starlight (1990)
  • 3 Space Vectors (1990)
Demon Crown
  • 1 The Glass Warrior (1989)
  • 2 Phantoms on the Wind (1989)
  • 3 A Symphony of Storms (1990)
  • The Demon Crown Trilogy (1990, collective edition of 1–3)
Star Frontier Trilogy
  • 1 Alien Death Fleet (1989, also as Edward S. Hudson)
  • 2 The Genetic Menace (2010)
  • 3 The Black Nebula (2015)
Peter Thorne
  • 1 The Screaming Knife (1990)
  • 2 The Resonance of Blood (1992)
  • 3 Death Channels (1992)
God of War
  • 1 God of War (2010, with Matthew Stover)
    • German: God of War: The official novel for the game. Translated by Timothy Stahl. Panini, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8332-2045-6 .
  • 2 God of War II (2011)
    • German: God of War II: The official novel for the game. Translated by Timothy Stahl. Panini, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-8332-2704-2 .

Novels

  • Pleasure Planet (1974, as Edward George, also as Outer Space Embrace , 1978, as Monica Mounds, also as Janet's Sex Planet , 1980, as Carrie Onn, also as Intergalactic Orgy , 1983 as Obie Khan, also as Sexual Coquette , 1985, as Marv Elous, also as Playing with Desire , 1986, as Fred Sparkrock)
  • The Sandcats of Rhyl (1978)
  • Road to the Stars (1988)
  • Ancient Heavens (1989)
  • Fast Hand (Western, 1989)
  • The Screaming Knife (1990)
  • Death Fall (1991)
  • Death Channels (1992)
  • The Resonance Of Blood (1992)
  • The Accursed (1994)
  • Dark Legacy (Magic: The Gathering # 10, 1996)
  • The Long Walk (Western, 1996)
  • Warriors Path (Western, 1998)
  • First Cherokee Rifles (Western, 1999)
  • Hell Heart (pre-The Maelstrom # 5, 2000)
  • Battle of Lost River (Western, 2001)
  • Talon * Force: SeaFire (2001, as Cliff Garnett)
  • White River Massacre (Western, 2002)
  • The Ruins of Power (MechWarrior Dark Age # 3, 2003)
    • German: ruins of power. Translated by Reinhold H. Mai. Heyne Science-Fiction & Fantasy # 6273, 2004, ISBN 3-453-87900-7 .
  • Sword & Drum (Western, 2003)
  • Warriors of the Plains (Western, 2003)
  • Drifter (Western, 2009)
  • Hot Rail to Hell (2011, e-book)
  • Sonora Noose (Western, 2011, as Jackson Lowry)
  • China Jack (Western, 2012)
  • Gateway to Rust and Ruin (Empires of Steam and Rust # 1, 2012)
  • Fate of the Kinunir (Traveler Third Imperium # 1, 2013)

collection

  • The Adventures of Don Juan and Miguel (2016)

Anthologies

  • A Career Guide To Your Job In Hell (2011, with Scott S. Phillips)
  • Golden Reflections (2011, with Joan Spicci Saberhagen)

Short stories

  • The Jackals Below (1975, with Richard J. Patten, as Victor R. Edwards)
  • The Biological Revolution (1977, with Jeff Slaten)
  • Brother to Ghosts (1978)
  • The Mating Web (1978)
  • The Guardian (1979)
  • The Opal Egg (1982)
  • Incident on Park Bench 37 (1982)
  • The Sword of Kali (1982, with Victor Milán)
  • Networking (1984)
  • Used Books (1985)
  • At the Bentnail Inn (1987)
  • The Road of Dreams and Death (1987)
  • Blood Lilies (1990)
  • Enduring Art (1991)
  • Yesterday's Ghosts’s (1991)
  • A Gentle Breeze Blowing (1993)
  • Dragon Debt ( Earth's End , 1995)
  • Thief of Dreams (1995)
  • Festival of Sorrow (Magic: The Gathering, 1996)
  • Isle of Lost Souls (1996)
  • Under Triple Moons (1996)
  • Spectral Line (1997)
  • Feedback (2001)
  • Middles (2001)
  • The Hostile Dark (2002)
  • A Time for Steel (2005)
  • Coins of Darkun (2007)
  • The Power and the Glory (2007)
  • The Pirate and the Peach (2007)
  • Tontine (2007)
  • Eating Vacuum (2008)
  • To Cat, a Thief (2008)
  • Vandals ... (2009)
  • Timeless Lisa (2010)
  • The Transmogrification Ray (2010)
  • Her Faith Is Fixt (2011)
  • The Hideous Blood Ray (2015)
  • Books Burning Brightly in the Night (2015)
  • Miguel, the Riddle Master (2016)
  • The Dragon's Gold Egg (2016)
  • The Mystic Medallion (2016)
  • Jupiter Convergence (2017)
  • The Sixth World (2017)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "[...] whose ruthless productivity [...] has yet to give birth to tales that are more than workmanlike." John Clute: Vardeman, Robert E. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated August 31, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Vardeman, Robert E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vardeman, Robert Edward (full name); Appleton, Victor (pseudonym); Carter, Nick (pseudonym); Edwards, Victor R. (pen name); Elous, Marv (pseudonym); Garnett, Cliff (pseudonym); George, Edward (pen name); Hale, FJ (pen name); Hudson, Edward S. (pen name); Khan, Obie (pseudonym); Moran, Daniel (pseudonym); Mounds, Monica (pseudonym); Onn, Carrie (pseudonym); Sparkrock, Fred (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Palo Pinto , Texas